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| - Els set regnes de Kongo dia Nlaza era una confederació d'estats a l'oest d'Àfrica Central que van ser absorbits al regne del Congo al segle xvi. Aquesta política o regió es va esmentar per primera vegada en els textos del regne del Congo a finals del segle XVI, entre els títols del rei Álvaro I del Congo a la dècada de 1580 com els "Set regnes del Congo Riamulaza", encara que probablement va existir molt abans. Només es va incorporar llavors al Congo, a través de la província oriental del regne del . No està clar el que eren els Set Regnes, encara que potser incloguessin Kundi i Okanga. Presumiblement, aquests regnes representaven una aliança de diverses unitats polítiques més petites, tot i que les fonts del moment no ens diuen res sobre això. (ca)
- The Seven Kingdoms of Kongo dia Nlaza were a confederation of states in west Central Africa that were absorbed into the Kingdom of Kongo in the 16th century, being mentioned in the titles of King Alvaro II in 1583. This polity or region was first mentioned in texts of the Kingdom of Kongo in the late 16th century, although it probably existed much earlier. It was only then being incorporated into Kongo, through the kingdom's eastern province of Mbata Kingdom. It is unclear what the Seven Kingdoms were, though perhaps they included Kundi and Okanga. Presumably these kingdoms represented an alliance of several smaller polities, though the sources of the time tell us nothing about it. (en)
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| - Els set regnes de Kongo dia Nlaza era una confederació d'estats a l'oest d'Àfrica Central que van ser absorbits al regne del Congo al segle xvi. Aquesta política o regió es va esmentar per primera vegada en els textos del regne del Congo a finals del segle XVI, entre els títols del rei Álvaro I del Congo a la dècada de 1580 com els "Set regnes del Congo Riamulaza", encara que probablement va existir molt abans. Només es va incorporar llavors al Congo, a través de la província oriental del regne del . No està clar el que eren els Set Regnes, encara que potser incloguessin Kundi i Okanga. Presumiblement, aquests regnes representaven una aliança de diverses unitats polítiques més petites, tot i que les fonts del moment no ens diuen res sobre això. Els set regnes també es van anomenar momboares en el text del sacerdot jesuïta portuguès del segle xvii, Mateus Cardoso, que ofereix una extensa descripció de la regió. El terme momboares prové segurament del kikongo, o de la llengua bakongo, la paraula mbwadi significa set. Cardoso va assenyalar que la regió era famosa en el seu moment per la gran quantitat de tela que produïa, algunes de les quals es van exportar a la ciutat colonial portuguesa de Luanda, Angola. Els informes de principis del segle xvii suggereixen que els set regnes exportaven fins a 100.000 metres de tela anuals a aquest mercat en solitari, el que suggereix que la seva producció total hauria estat diverses vegades superior, juntament amb altres grans centres tèxtils del món, incloent quantitats equivalents a Europa i l'Índia. Quan el regne del Congo es va fer càrrec de Kongo dia Nlaza, es va integrar a la província de Mbata, que va liderar l'expansió cap a l'est. (ca)
- The Seven Kingdoms of Kongo dia Nlaza were a confederation of states in west Central Africa that were absorbed into the Kingdom of Kongo in the 16th century, being mentioned in the titles of King Alvaro II in 1583. This polity or region was first mentioned in texts of the Kingdom of Kongo in the late 16th century, although it probably existed much earlier. It was only then being incorporated into Kongo, through the kingdom's eastern province of Mbata Kingdom. It is unclear what the Seven Kingdoms were, though perhaps they included Kundi and Okanga. Presumably these kingdoms represented an alliance of several smaller polities, though the sources of the time tell us nothing about it. The Seven Kingdoms were also called Momboares in the 17th-century text of the Portuguese Jesuit priest, Mateus Cardoso, which offers an extensive description of the region. Cardoso noted that the region was famous in his day for the large amount of cloth that it produced, some of which was exported to the Portuguese colonial city of Luanda, Angola. Reports of the early 17th century suggest that the Seven Kingdoms exported as much as 100,000 meters of cloth annually to that market alone, suggesting that its total production must have been several times higher, putting in on a par with other major textile centers in the world, including areas of equivalent size in Europe and India. Cardoso's description also indicated that the original kingdom included in its western extension, the minor kingdoms of Nsundi, Mpangu and Mbata, all of which eventually became a part of the Kingdom of Kongo, probably in the fifteenth century. The kingdom of Mbata was particularly important as its alliance with Kongo's founding ruler helped establish the Kingdom of Kongo. Mbata held the title of Nkaka andi Mwene Kongo, meaning "grandfather of the King of Kongo" and suggesting that initially it was the senior, or perhaps elder partner. This suggests that the Seven Kingdoms were considerable older than Kongo, thus placing its founding perhaps in the thirteenth century. Research by Jan Vansina proposes that the origin of larger political structures began within the northern reaches of the kingdom at about this time, on linguistic evidence. When the Kingdom of Kongo took over Kongo dia Nlaza it was partially integrated into the province of Mbata which led the expansion eastward. (en)
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